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Three-dimensional Alginate-bead Culture of Human Pituitary Adenoma Cells
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Three-dimensional Alginate-bead Culture of Human Pituitary Adenoma Cells

Published on: February 18, 2016

Response of anterior pituitary cells to culture media

M J Cronin, J Weiss, A D Rogol

    Endocrine Research
    |January 1, 1987
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    pituitary hormone releaseculture media effectsdopamine and prolactinin vitro endocrinology

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